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Stretching over the River Thames since 1894, the famous Tower Bridge of London, England is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. Now you can add this timeless classic to your LEGO world buildings collection! Designed with advanced building techniques and rare colors and elements, the Tower Bridge is complete with its iconic paired towers and a drawbridge that really opens. Fun to build and display, it locks together solidly but can be taken apart in sections for easy transport. Includes 4 miniature vehicles; a black London taxi, a traditional red double-decker bus, a yellow truck and a green automobile. Completed model measures 40" (102 cm) long, 17" (45 cm) high and 10" (26 cm) wide.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
By Grandjete
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lego has earned a reputation as a somewhat pricey but very dependable toy. Lego is very well built, so you always end up with a model that looks like the picture on the box.
This model was a great build. Three instruction books were very easy to follow. So many pieces (over 4000) and building two identical bridge towers made this somewhat tedious at times. Great model for adults or older children. However, a kid with a good attention span can do the model, at least down to about ten years or so. Younger, & might need some help.
There are two things I particularly liked about the London Tower Bridge model. First, it has wonderful detail. It was fun to stop while building it just to admire the decorations as it was being constructed. Great engineering meant it went together as expected, all pieces fit, and the final result is a showpiece worthy of your living room coffee table. At 40" long, it is just about large enough to fill most coffee tables.
The second thing I liked was getting all the neat lego pieces for my collection. There are tons of good, unusual colors, and dozens to hundreds of copies of many of the pieces. This makes the pieces right for all kinds of other buildings and castles, and whatever you can dream up.
I was able to get this from Amazon at retail ($239.00). Be careful you do not pay more, as many lego sellers here will charge 30-100% over retail if you just order without checking elsewhere. Unfortunate, but you cannot just buy lego from Amazon without checking.
This model was a great build. Three instruction books were very easy to follow. So many pieces (over 4000) and building two identical bridge towers made this somewhat tedious at times. Great model for adults or older children. However, a kid with a good attention span can do the model, at least down to about ten years or so. Younger, & might need some help.
There are two things I particularly liked about the London Tower Bridge model. First, it has wonderful detail. It was fun to stop while building it just to admire the decorations as it was being constructed. Great engineering meant it went together as expected, all pieces fit, and the final result is a showpiece worthy of your living room coffee table. At 40" long, it is just about large enough to fill most coffee tables.
The second thing I liked was getting all the neat lego pieces for my collection. There are tons of good, unusual colors, and dozens to hundreds of copies of many of the pieces. This makes the pieces right for all kinds of other buildings and castles, and whatever you can dream up.
I was able to get this from Amazon at retail ($239.00). Be careful you do not pay more, as many lego sellers here will charge 30-100% over retail if you just order without checking elsewhere. Unfortunate, but you cannot just buy lego from Amazon without checking.
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
jeeeezzzzz, i am about MAYBE a third of the way done as of right now, so i can't say how it is going to turn out when done. I just wanted to say it is a really nice lego set to add to my model collection.
there are a TON of tiny pieces here. it could have been cut down to half as many overall if lego had made special pieces for it. of course, then, it wouldn't look like a masonary bridge
you get almost every color lego makes: black, two shades of greay, brown, two shades of blue, biege, and even some red, yellow, and a couple green pieces.
there are THREE books (yeah three) and they are very detailed. not to worry that you will put something where it doesn't belong (the brown on brown imperial flag ship comes to mind. but i still love that one).
when complete there are two cars a truck and a double decker bus to drive across. i googled "london tower brdge" to get a look at what it REALLY looks like and it is very close. a lot of great facts about the bridge out there to
Build and have fun
3/30/11 FINISHED
ok, some of the downsides.
the towers are hollow. kinda sad. i wish it looked like the real bridge from the inside too
some of the window frames don't have windows
i am MISSING two pieces. fortunately, the 1-800 customer servise number brings you to very nice and VERY halpful lego reps that will send you any and all pieces missing from any set. i have now used hem three times
there are a TON of tiny pieces here. it could have been cut down to half as many overall if lego had made special pieces for it. of course, then, it wouldn't look like a masonary bridge
you get almost every color lego makes: black, two shades of greay, brown, two shades of blue, biege, and even some red, yellow, and a couple green pieces.
there are THREE books (yeah three) and they are very detailed. not to worry that you will put something where it doesn't belong (the brown on brown imperial flag ship comes to mind. but i still love that one).
when complete there are two cars a truck and a double decker bus to drive across. i googled "london tower brdge" to get a look at what it REALLY looks like and it is very close. a lot of great facts about the bridge out there to
Build and have fun
3/30/11 FINISHED
ok, some of the downsides.
the towers are hollow. kinda sad. i wish it looked like the real bridge from the inside too
some of the window frames don't have windows
i am MISSING two pieces. fortunately, the 1-800 customer servise number brings you to very nice and VERY halpful lego reps that will send you any and all pieces missing from any set. i have now used hem three times
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Howard
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I had been looking for a modelling project that was challenging, but did not involve paint or glue. My son,who is 37, was coming home for the weekend and I knew he loved Legos as a child. I searched for a kit that the family could enjoy and would make a display piece.
I am completely satisfied. We had lots of fun building it and the final model is unbelievable in detail and beauty. It was challenging, having about 4,000 pieces, some of which are quite small for my stubby fingers. But my son and wife had no problems.
The drawings are well done and easy to follow. There are probably 10 different colors, so we found getting out all my wife's plastic and metal bowls was very useful for separating pieces by color and size. This saved a lot of time searching for pieces, but plan on lots of search time.
I am now searching for the next one and hope my son can help me on his next visit.
I am completely satisfied. We had lots of fun building it and the final model is unbelievable in detail and beauty. It was challenging, having about 4,000 pieces, some of which are quite small for my stubby fingers. But my son and wife had no problems.
The drawings are well done and easy to follow. There are probably 10 different colors, so we found getting out all my wife's plastic and metal bowls was very useful for separating pieces by color and size. This saved a lot of time searching for pieces, but plan on lots of search time.
I am now searching for the next one and hope my son can help me on his next visit.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gave as a gift
Bought this for my 28 year old son. He was a Lego fanatic as a kid and he is now looking at the adult level Legos. His feedback is that this a great Lego build. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Well Read
5.0 out of 5 stars
expensive but great for the huge Legos fan
my son is both a Legos fan and a fan of London so we knew we had to get this. My son is a determined Legos builder and it took him several hours to assemble it but once completed... Read more
Published 20 days ago by Nomdeplume
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most Excellent
What a fun experience it was to put this project together. It is a thing of beauty and a joy forever! Good work LEGO!
Published 23 days ago by Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars
Son's favorite only because it has had the most pieces.....so far.
The set arrived promptly and securely shipped. My son loved building this set. The more detailed and number of pieces the more hee likes it. Great Set! Read more
Published 29 days ago by J. Lipker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting build, but more interesting investment.
This is a very large LEGO set. One of the largest they've produced, as a matter of fact. It's a great build, though a little bit repetitive at times -- by necessity, there's two... Read more
Published 1 month ago by K. McCauley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, Complex and Fun
This set brings back memories from my childhood Lego days. The difference here is that, as an adult, I like a bit more of a challenge with assembly and this set sure delivers. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dr. Teeth
5.0 out of 5 stars
great set
no bag IDs makes it like a puzzle job! Takes some working room to be able to assemble. Don't loose a piece!
Published 2 months ago by shalakoff
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tower Bridge Lego kit
Kit is suggested for 16 yrs. and older. An exceptional 9 yr. old put it together in 10 days and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Published 2 months ago by KHS
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nephew like it
Bought this Lego Tower Bridge because my nephew loves this. He could spend his whole time building and i find that it is good for children even adults to train their patience. Read more
Published 3 months ago by shirley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bought for my 9 yr old
My son watched videos on building this item before it was purchased so he already knew all the things that he might be tedious or difficult. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Amber Dawn Hall
